You may not have observed it at your place of business, but yesterday the Mississippi Tax Commission was closed for “Robert E. Lee and Dr. Martin Luther King Junior’s birthdays.”
I wouldn’t have been so surprised to hear that from some small southern county office, but from a state office? I guess that’s Mississippi.
At my bank the other day, the sign said “closed for civil rights day.” Is MLK Day also called that or is the bank avoiding reference to MLK?
I don’t know. At least that fits in with the theme of MLK day. I don’t see how Robert Lee does, unless you are having a “southern conflicts” holiday.